The judge in the Aaron Hernandez slaying case in Bristol County has allowed a motion by the defense to suppress evidence from some electronic devices seized from the former New England Patriots star's home.

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Hernandez is charged with killing Odin Lloyd of Boston, whose body was found in an industrial park near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough in June 2013. Lloyd was dating Hernandez's fiancee's sister. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.

Hernandez's lawyers argued some evidence, specifically an Apple iPhone 5 and a Blackberry cellphone, is not admissible because a phone with a specific number was listed in the original search warrant, and neither of those phones had that number. The iPads were not listed in the search warrant.

"It is hereby ordered that the defendant's motion to suppress fruits of June 18, 2013 search be allowed with respect to the Apple iPhone 5 cellphone, the Blackberry Bold cellphone, the Apple iPad 16GB tablet and the two Apple iPad mini-tablets seized from 22 Ronald C. Meyer Drive in North Attleboro on June 18, 2013," Judge Susan Garsh ruled Tuesday.

Hernandez is also charged with killing two men in Boston in 2012.

Prosecutors had argued that the warrant authorized the seizure of any global positioning system devices, but the judge disagreed.

"The police operated under the misimpression that the search warrant authorized the seizure of GPS devices when they seized the cellphones and tablets from Hernandez's residence," the judge wrote in her ruling.

Prosecutors declined to comment on the judge's ruling, citing a gag order issued by her in the case. Hernandez's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests seeking comment.

Last month, the judge rejected a request from Hernandez's lawyers to suppress evidence from another cellphone and video surveillance cameras at Hernandez's home.

Prosecutors have said the cameras, which were part of Hernandez's home security system, show him holding a gun after Lloyd was shot in the industrial park. They said the video also shows Hernandez with Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, who are charged along with him in Lloyd's killing and have pleaded not guilty.